Tag: Star Trek
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Meet Moopsy, The Cutest Murder Alien On Star Trek: Lower Decks
The second episode of the fourth season of “Star Trek: Lower Decks” is called “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee,” which is a fun reference to Harlan Ellison’s 1967 post-apocalyptic short story “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.” The plot sees Lieutenant Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Commander Ransom (Jarry O’Connell), and a…
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Lower Decks Season 4 Pays Hilarious Tribute To Star Trek’s Original Pilot
This article contains spoilers for “Star Trek: Lower Decks” season 4, episode 2.”Star Trek: Lower Decks” season 4, episode 2 is called “I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee,” which is a reference to the 1967 Harlan Ellison short story “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream.” The plot, however, is an amusing…
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‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 3 Recap Ahead of Season 4
The Star Trek franchise is booming right now. Their shows give viewers fresh takes on the drama, romance, and adventures to be had exploring the corners of the galaxy. That’s especially true for the animated show Lower Decks. It takes all the humor and fun-loving nature of Star Trek to the next level as viewers…
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Star Trek Briefly Had Bigger Plans For J.J. Abrams’ Kelvin Timeline
The “Star Trek” movie franchise is in a bit of an odd spot right now, as we haven’t had anything on the big screen since 2016’s “Star Trek Beyond,” which served as the third entry of J.J. Abrams’ rebooted iteration. Dubbed the “Kelvin Timeline,” these films existed in a new branch reality that Abrams created…
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Before J.J. Abrams, Star Trek Almost Got Its Own Version Of The Dark Knight Trilogy
The post-9/11 world was rough on “Star Trek.” The not-super-popular “Star Trek: Enterprise” debuted on September 26, 2001, and the world wasn’t in the mood. The U.S. president at the time, George W. Bush, began to affect violent, revenge-forward rhetoric, and many U.S. citizens were in a bitter, wounded mindset. While some may say that…
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Alexander Siddig’s Audition For Star Trek’s Bashir Was Anything But Normal
Actor Alexander Siddig, who played the plucky, handsome young medical officer Dr. Julian Bashir on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” began the series credited as Siddig El Fadil, his professional name from the start of his career until he changed it in 1995. Dr. Bashir was something of a naïf in the show’s first few…
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Star Trek’s Temporal Cold War And Its Messy Behind-The-Scenes Origins Explained
“Star Trek: Enterprise” was originally intended to be a lot more low-tech than it was. “Enterprise” is set roughly a century prior to the original “Star Trek,” and show co-creator Brannon Braga initially conceived of a series that was a lot more earthbound. There were to be no transporters, no phasers, and — perhaps most…
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Star Trek: Enterprise Lost Five Whole Days Of Filming Thanks To Scott Bakula’s Hair
When making “Star Trek: Enterprise,” show creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga clearly aimed to skew into the “old-fashioned.” They wanted to strip “Star Trek” of a lot of its more familiar high-tech machinery, leaving its characters in a more daring, exploratory position. What would it be like to venture out into the cosmos in an…
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Voyager’s Roxann Dawson Had A Chance To Direct Star Trek But Dropped It For Another Show
“Star Trek” has a long and proud history of having its star actors make the leap to the other side of the camera and flourish as directors in their own right. None other than Spock himself, Leonard Nimoy, took the reins on both “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” and its follow-up, “The Voyage…